STEM training, 223, 226, 227
Stenzel-Poore, Mary, 147–148
Summers, Lawrence, 211–212, 215
SUNY Poly’s Nanotech Megaplex, 56, 59 (photo), 99, 210, 221
advancement of, 58
as brainsharing hub, 61–64, 105
influence of, 65
supply chains
collaboration with, 85–90
competition in automotive, 72
move from Akron to overseas, 94, 95–96
proximity of, 66
into value chains, 54, 86–90
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 155–156, 159–160
Swoboda, Chuck, 110
System/360, 108
Technopark Zurich, 39, 156–157
Technopolis, 169
TEC-SMART, 224–225
Tekes, 20, 172, 200
TenCate, 126–127
TESL. See Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratories
Tesla, 181, 184, 185, 188, 238
textiles, 98, 107, 112, 113, 123, 245
Third Frontier, 102
threat. See competitor threat
3D printing, 262, 263
applications for, 48, 240, 245
collaborations in, xvi–xvii, 88–89
new materials and, 97
production methods for, 4
robotics with, 46
smart manufacturing and, xi, 42, 43, 47–49
Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratories (TESL), 104
tire industry, 94–95, 95 (photo)
TNO. See Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
ToolPoint, 30
Toppan Photomasks (TPI), 73
training. See education and training
transportation. See vehicles and transportation
Trump, Donald, ix–xii, xviii
trust, 30, 31, 35–36, 41, 230
TSMC, 61–62, 86
24M Technologies, 181
Uber, xix, xxi, 184
United States (US), 9 (table)–12 (table), 15 (fig.)
competitive edge growing in, 2–3, 20–21, 60–64, 105–106, 254
funding in, 19–20, 234–239
life sciences market leadership of, 175
manufacturing facilities in, 5–6, 254
protectionism impact on, x
public-private institutions in Europe compared to, 75, 236, 238
science parks legitimization in, 109
start-up support in Europe compared to, 237–239, 261
Trump impact on jobs in, xi
See also Department of Defense
universities. See academic institutions
University of Akron, 24, 93, 97 (photo), 99–100, 102–104
University of Delft, xvi
University of Minnesota, 138, 139–140
University of Newcastle, Australia, xiv–xv
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), xx
University of Wageningen, 190–191
University of Waterloo, Ontario, xiii–xiv
UPMC. See University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
US. See United States
van Blitterswijk, Clemens, 125–126
van Gijzel, Rob, 91–92, 91 (photo)
VC. See venture capital
vehicles and transportation, 5–6, 21, 72, 181–183
in brainbelt environments, 218, 220
brainsharing for next-generation, 185, 186, 188–189
innovation in, xii, 123, 128–129, 184, 188, 189
LED use in, 111
self-driving, xii, xxi, 19, 55, 186–187
technology for city, 197, 198
See also aerospace industry; electric vehicles
venture capital (VC), 247
disadvantages with, 243–244
Silicon Valley beginnings and, 32
sources of, 239–241
VINNOVA, 20
vocational training. See work-study model
von Waldkirch, Thomas, 157
Vossberg, Bettina, 69, 76–80
Wahlstrom, Dale, 141–142
Watervliet, New York, 67–68, 67 (photo)
wealth, 264–265
wearable devices, 135–136, 174–175
Weissmann, Charles, 31–32, 156–157
Wintermans, Jonas, xvi–xvii
work-study model, xii, 228–232, 261
World Bank, 2, 49
Wynne, Kathleen, xiii
Zeiss, 63, 90
Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden (ZMD), 71–72, 73
Zörgiebel, Wilhelm, 166
Zurich, Switzerland, 7, 13 (table), 16 (fig.), 154 (photo)
banking industry shift in, 153, 155
brainsharing ecosystem in, 30, 39, 153–160
connectors in, 29–30, 156
government funding and support in, 160
life sciences in, 154–160, 175
science parks in, 39, 136, 154, 157–159
Weissmann’s influence in, 156–157
zoning regulations in, 221
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